Entry № 10102 · Quechua origin

Sumaq Sumaq — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SOO-mahk /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Quechua
Meaning
"Beautiful, good"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Quechua)

A name that means "beautiful, good".

Sumaq is the Quechua (Inca) word for "beautiful" or "good" — particularly carrying the sense of harmonious goodness. Sumaq kawsay ("good living") is the Andean philosophy of well-being.

Sumaq is rising in the Andean countries as part of the Quechua-revival movement.

Beautiful. The Andean good life.

The name in its native script.

Sumaq
Transliteration
Sumaq
Pronunciation
/ ˈsuː.mæk /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Sumaq stands.

Sumaq does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Sumaqs before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Sumaq
Common in Andean fiction.

Names connected to Sumaq.

The number behind Sumaq.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sumaq reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.